Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-01
GhlDST0NES SPEECH.
RE EXPOSES THE WEAKNESS OF THE
C ,VERNMENr'S REASONS
For the Passage of the Crimes Rill-Prob
B. ability that the ministry Will with
draw she Noet Objectionable Fea-
tures--En ct of the speech

LONDON, March 3o-Mr. Gladstone re-
sumrd hr deba e ia the House OF Com
nous this afternoon on the Irish criminal
law am-ndment bi1. He was loudly
cheered when he arose He said that in
an issue 80 grave proposals 30 extreme ae
thosc nnw put forth by the government
requlr' Il ample time for consideration.
He found himsel. bound to support Par
nelrs amendment, because the ground
upon which Balrour based the govern
menrs ct-ewa absolutely insufficient and
Unsatisfactory. The governments bill in
stead of being II cure for Irish
ills or even II palliative was u meas
that would a-gravate worst disorders
With this coercion bill, exclaimed Glad
stone, the PROSPECT OF Cancellation has
vanished into thin air. The government
intend to exclude the land bill, which was
the main recommendation of the commits
sion winch has inst completed an eXhaus-
tive tuvestigat ION OF the Irish trouble
NOTHING remains but the figure of coercion.
bare, bold aud gauut, alas, too familiar
The chief secretary for Ireland has at
tempted tOeNcuSe the proposals on the
ground that crime in Ireland during the
last three Yeas mas increased, but he has
followed an unusual course in retrainng
from giving he House ofIici4l information
in Ireland were against the government 1t
was the first time he [Gladstonel knew of
an anonymous assertion being imposed
on Parliament in the support OF demand
fer legislation
In 1881 when his government propospd
coercion the grOnnd was the agitation
then existing. For the present bill there
was no such excuse. A demand was
made upon the House to commit the most
formidtble breach of trust that popular
assembly could perpetrate. Every Irish
and every English member should have
the fullest scope for presenting his views
ana for sitting and scrutinizing the eX-
IRENE proposals of the government.
Among the most Insulting and eXasper
atlEg propp-als-the worst ever submitted
70 Paillameut-was the provision that the
Irish trials he held in London. He had
never Known such n blow at the national
feeling OF Ireland The government could
nave devised nothing more likely to ag-
gravatr every exciting evil. AS to the per-
mhneht duration of he bill the proposals
made ones blood boil. To establish what
was formerly only a temporary remedy
as the permanent rule OF existence for So |
clety IN Ireland would put label on the |
lnterlorlty upon Ireland forever, recogniz- |
ing asa liked principle that force was a
remedy Ihe lesson of many years showed
that force was no remedy.
Since the election of 1885, since the bulk |
OF he liberals had judged that it was both |
right and safe to grant home rule, Ireland |
hal oetu Tree from crime aud outrage, Il |
condition long unknown. Why was this |
1T was berause the Irish people knew that |
large though in efficiently large body |
OF liberals mad adopted their interests and |
would ABIDE by them to the last.
q Jschen tainted Gladstone with his al |
lance with the National league. Every
body but the allies of the league consid- |
cred the state of Ireland intOlerahle the |